Dear Professional Friends, GREETINGS FOR THE DAY...!!! I do agree with the point raised by Dr. Sahab on implementation of RDA, which is need of the hour and the beautiful suggestions given by Dr. N.S.Harinarayana. Good thinking from a good people with a professional zeal. Thanks for awakening the State / National Associations and their role Sir. Adverting to the suggestions No.4&5 given by Dr. N.S. Harinarayana- As we all know, there are too many associations in the State / National level and most of them are in sound sleep. The associations are hardly activate once in 2-3 years (during elections and formation of new governing body). Poor individual professional cannot expect more from such associations. There are hundreds of burning issues facing by the librarians irrespective of their discipline- mainly related to HR. Broadly, to name few- (Applies to both the Librarians of Govt. and Private institutions): 1. Cadre & Recruitment policy, 2. Standard procedure of appointment, 3. Uniformity in qualification for different cadre in different sector / institutions, 4. Pay Parity, 5. Standardization of designation, 6. Conducting training programmes for freshers (like in any other departments), 7. Updated, uniformity in LIS curriculum etc. Basic Infrastructure issue in the PU(+2) / Degree Colleges in the state is another main area one should concentrate. Next priority may be given to the IT-implementation and its policy related issues. Of course there are few standard guide lines given by Dr. SRR and others long back. But again needs to check with its relevance and the percentage of its application in the present scenario. As you are aware, most of the committees formed by the State / Central Governments to frame / review the policies and procedures related to librarianship converted as curse to the profession. Most of the report/verdicts / implementation of rules are yielding adverse effect to the profession. Ex: FDP Minor / Major projects to Librarians-dropped out. Friends, my question is, who is responsible for all these? Who is going to bell the cat? Ultimately an Association, hope you will agree with me. Do we need an association which is helpless to concentrate on these issues? Kindly raise your voice, awake and fight for the real cause. Please Note: Views are personal. Please correct me if I am wrong. Thanking you With warm regards -- *Dr. Shekar H.P.* Head, Knowledge Resource Centre IBS Business School, #231, Near Kengeri Check post Mysore Road, Bangalore-560060 Karnataka - India Ph: (O): 080-66222244 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.